Texas

It's been almost two weeks since the Supreme Court ruled President Obama's health care overhaul constitutional. Today Texas Governor Rick Perry has officially announced his plans to opt out of the Medicaid expansion and insurance exchanges included in the Affordable Care Act.

Several small towns in Texas are growing because of new oil and gas drilling. But can the boom last?

Today is the Texas primary. Polls show voters tend to care about the economy and immigration, but education policy is growing in importance.

There's no suspense about the outcome of the Texas Republican primary, but the future of elections there might change with its population.

After falling victim to Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford, Carol Lovil is getting her life back on track. But she worries she may never be able to trust anyone again.

Poised to become the worst two-year drought on record, the Texas drought will be felt far into 2012.

The Lone Star State loses as many as half a billion trees in 2011 -- and that's not including the wildfires.

An investigation into a Texas immigration center reveals fraud and internal hacking of systems. NextGov conducted the investigation and says...

Texas, you better sit down for this. Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs announced on Monday that the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and...